Homework Help: seventh grade math

Posted by molly on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 7:16pm.

if 1/2 in. = 1/3 feet then how many feet is 27 inches please someone help me ................ its drawn to scale the 27 inches

seventh grade math - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 8:31pm
Let's use a proportion.

(1/2)/(1/3) = 27/x

(1/2)x = (1/3)27

(1/2)x = 9

x = 9/(1/2)

x = 9 * (2/1)

x = 18 feet
seventh grade math - 8uuiiu, Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 5:31pm
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My Butt - My Butt, Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 5:32pm
This is not grade 7 work this is soooooooooooooooo tuff

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